Perimeter Security Specialist

September 21, 2024

NatWest Digital X

Edinburgh

FULL TIME & OTHER

Technology Security, Technology
Perimeter Security Specialist
Closing date for applications: 04/10/2024

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Permanent

Full Time

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Join our digital revolution in Nat West Digital X
In everything we do, we work to one aim. To make digital experiences which are effortless and secure.

So we organise ourselves around three principles: engineer, protect, and operate. We engineer simple solutions, we protect our customers, and we operate smarter.

Our people work differently depending on their jobs and needs. From hybrid working to flexible hours, we have plenty of options that help our people to thrive.

This role is based in the United Kingdom and as such all normal working days must be carried out in the United Kingdom.

Job description

Join us as a Perimeter Security Specialist

Take on a new challenge and use your specialist knowledge to support the wider bank in building and operating secure services that protect both colleagues and customers
You’ll act as a subject matter expert in a security related field, making sure that the security implications of the backlog are understood in the right way, building security early into design
You’ll be joining an exciting and fast-paced area of the bank, where you can expect great exposure both for you and your work

What you'll do

As a Perimeter Security Specialist, you’ll work at a domain level to understand and ensure robust security is continuously considered and incorporated at every stage, programme increment and feature team delivery throughout the development lifecycle and through to support.

You’ll collaborate with feature teams and participate in story refinement, sprint planning and retrospective sessions, establishing a culture of innovation and strategic thinking that makes sure that the bank has knowledge of, and opportunities to exploit, the latest developments in your area of specialism.

You’ll also be:

Supporting with the identification of risks, while contributing to risk management strategies to achieve business objectives and customer outcomes
Understanding and implementing Agile methodologies and actively contributing to finding opportunities to build security early into design
Making sure that decisions made are based on robust data, return on investment and value measures that demonstrate thoughtful and intelligent cost management
Actively contributing to your centre of excellence (Co E) specialism by cross sharing learnings and best practice with Co E and community of practice colleagues
Building and leveraging relationships with colleagues across the bank and third parties to ensure decisions made are commercially focused and create long term value for the organisation

The skills you'll need

To be successful in this role, you’ll need knowledge of one or more security subject areas and experience of setting risk appetites. You’ll also demonstrate experience of, or a willingness to learn risk management frameworks to assess and provide advice for the changes introduced to the infrastructure components, while playing a key role in a tool based rule change management process.

Additionally, you’ll need:

An understanding of Agile methodologies with the ability to write technical issues in business terms
Good analytical and problem-solving skills with understanding of security assessment processes
Good knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks, such as ISO, NIST/So GP
Prior experience as a Perimeter Security Specialist and relevant networking or security trainings or certifications such as CCNA Security, Comp Tia Sec+, CCNP, and CCSP is a must
A good understanding of a network security focused on public cloud computing including LAN/WAN/VPNs networking and firewalling experience

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